Wild Blue

Damn wool prices. Doesn't pay anymore.

– Bill Howie (Bernard Moody) on rural economic realities

They are making more films than anyone else in New Zealand because they start by sitting around the table going 'What is going to sell?' and as much as they're not doing risky stuff, they are selling them.

– Actor Nicola Murphy on the deliberately commercial appeal of feature Wild Blue, The NZ Herald, 13 October 2000

That was amazing. What a fantastic experience. Your face and head is to the wind, it's just glorious.

– Nicola Murphy on filming scenes for Wild Blue in a biplane, The NZ Herald, 13 October 2000

She's a proper aeroplane — no training wheels at the front. You know what they say: if you can fly a Tiger Moth you can fly anything.

– Bill Howie ( Bernard Moody) chats to Ray Walker ( Judge Reinhold)

Would you like to take the old kite up for a flap?

– Bill Howie (Bernard Moody) invites visiting pilot Ray Walker ( Judge Reinhold) to jump in his Tiger Moth biplane